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France Captain Dupont To Have Tests On Facial Fracture

France captain Antoine Dupont had to leave the field after a clash of heads during France's rout of Namibia
France's talisman and captain Antoine Dupont was set to undergo new tests on Friday after suffering a facial fracture in the win against Namibia that has jolted the host nation's hopes of winning the Rugby World Cup for the first time.
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Former US president and Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump speaks during the 'Pray Vote Stand' conservative Christian summit in Washington on September 15, 2023

Sinner, Savior Or Both?: Trump Woos Evangelicals, Women

Former US president Donald Trump courted evangelical Christians and women at two back-to-back Washington events on Friday -- voting blocks whose loyalties to him once seemed contradictory but have now become a well-established part of his base.
England's fly-half George Ford (R)

Ford Kicks England Past Argentina In World Cup Opener

George Ford kicked all the points, including three drop-goals, to help 14-man England cast off a dismal run of form to claim a comprehensive 27-10 victory over Argentina in the teams' Pool D World Cup opener on Saturday.
Serbia's Novak Djokovic returns the ball to Serbia's Laslo Djere during the US Open tennis tournament men's singles third round match at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York City, on September 1, 2023.

Djokovic, Gauff Steam Into US Open Semi-finals

Novak Djokovic charged into his 13th US Open semi-final on Tuesday with a straight-sets win over Taylor Fritz, while home favourite Coco Gauff stayed on track for her first Grand Slam title.
Jordie Barrett (left) and Beauden Barrett with Tim Stuck (centre), the principal at Francis Douglas Memorial College, where all five Barrett brothers went to school

Oh Brother! A Fourth Barrett Could Have Made All Blacks

A trio of Barrett brothers will play for New Zealand at the Rugby World Cup, but according to Beauden Barrett, a fourth sibling had also been on course to wear the famous All Blacks jersey until injury prematurely ended his career.
US troubleshooter Bill Richardson, who has died at age 75, is seen here in 2010 talking to the media upon arriving at Beijing's airport from North Korea, after a mission aimed at restoring calm following the North's deadly bombardment of a South Korean is

Bill Richardson, Globe-trotting US Diplomat, Dead At 75

Bill Richardson, a veteran Democratic politician and former US ambassador to the United Nations who later spent decades negotiating the release of Americans detained around the world, has died at age 75, his associates said Saturday.

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